VYPR

pypi · Malicious package advisory

Malware

asynchelpers

MAL-2025-1965

Malicious code in asynchelpers (PyPI)

Details


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## Source: kam193 (e262ab4b975a2de9c0216656ca3e760d84f3cdacb526340248dd476c31ddeb0d)
Importing the module starts (through __init__.py) the code that download, extracts and starts a remote executable. This has been identified by any.run as a AsyncRAT. The VirtusTotal detection rate was originally at the edge of false positive, but increased significantly during a few hours.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2025-01-asynchelpers


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - infostealer


 - Downloads and executes a remote executable.


 - malware

Compromised versions (1)

  • 1.2.0

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.